The Finance Team participated in the Meeting to strengthen financial relations with China

The Chief of Cabinet of the Ministry of Finance, Pablo Quirno, and the Undersecretary of International Financial Relations, Martín Soto, participated this morning in the 4th Meeting of the Strategic Dialogue Mechanism for the Economic Cooperation and Coordination between Argentina and China. At the meeting, held at Palacio San Martín, they highlighted the progress made in the financial relations between both countries.

Within this framework, Quirno talked about the Argentine macroeconomic situation and Soto about the ongoing projects signed with China and about the 2017-2021 China-Argentina Comprehensive Five-year Project for Cooperation in Infrastructure.

The Meeting is part of the activities in which the Minister of Finance participates to promote the financing of infrastructure projects in the country and to increase the number of International Credit Organizations that finance operations in Argentina.

In April 2017, officials from the Ministry of Finance traveled to Beijing to participate in the 3rd edition of the China-Argentina Strategic Dialogue for the Economic Cooperation and Coordination, where the 2017-2021 China-Argentina Comprehensive Five-year Project for Cooperation in Infrastructure was signed.

Within the most important activities developed during said trip, we can mention the execution of the loan agreement for preferential buyer credit for the Photovoltaic Park Project Cauchari Solar I, II and III together with the Export – Import Bank of China.